MY COAT OBSESSION CONTINUES: JESSICA LONDON’S TWEED PLUS SIZE COAT

Hey curvy girls all over the world,

In my quest to have just one Miranda Priestly(Devil Wears Prada) moment by wearing a different coat everyday of the week (I know, so shallow) I’ve come to find that I love a good classic coat. Hence, why all my latest personal style looks have included a camel colored belted peacoat. At heart, I am a lover of classic fashion.  I may cheat on it sometimes but there is no denying, I am a Breakfast at Tiffany’s kind of girl. That’s why I’m not surprised that out of all the fall and winter trends, my favorite trend has been tweed. It all started with a yellow cropped zippered jacket (seen here), then a multi colored biker style jacket (seen here), a tweed metallic dress (seen here), and now, a black and white knee length tweed coat from Jessica London.

Finding spectacular winter coats can be a challenge for plus size women, but thank God for those designers and brands who are producing stylish options. Each season, Jessica London nails it when it comes to classic coats. I am a big fan of their leather jackets as well as the bevy of colorful peacoats they offer. A few weeks ago, I spied this tweed coat and thought it would be a nice option for work and a great alternative to my camel peacoat that I wear to death.

The sophisticated look of the tweed overcoat can fool you into thinking you can only wear to work or if you’re dressed up. You guys know me. I need my clothes to take me from work to weekend.  While it was easy to make the coat a work option, I just had to see how well it would play in a casual dressed down situation. Tweed and leather are one of my favorite fabric combinations. The two textures together are foolproof.

Anytime I want to dress something down or knock the sophistication out of it, I always reach for a pair of jeans. Not this time. Instead, I opted for my favorite faux leather pants in the whole wide world and teamed it up with another trend, the sweatshirt. Since I can never just do all black, I chose a cobalt blue sweater and my blue suede shoes (insert Elvis shuffle). I polished my look off with a floral jewel encrusted necklace.

Since the coat runs big, I should have sized down but I didn’t. I sized up. I was going to return it, but it was nothing my little handy dandy OBI belt couldn’t fix. Plus, I can always take it to the tailor for a perfect fit, but I’m digging it with the OBI belt.

So there you have it. More coats to come.

You can get the now on sale, Jessica London tweed overcoat HERE 

 

 WIW

Coat: Jessica London (Gifted)

Gloves: Kohls (Gifted)

Pants: Anna Scholz (Gifted)

Shoes:Nine West

Bracelets: Forever21

Necklace: Wallis

*This post was sponsored by Jessica London but all views and opinions are in my own words.